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Excerpt from A Manual of the British Marine Algae: Containing Generic and Specific Descriptions of All the Known British Species of Sea-Weeds, With Plates to Illustrate All the Genera Eight years have now elapsed since the publication of the first edition of this work, and during this period much has been done, both in this countiy and on the Continent of Europe, to further our acquaintance with the Algae. Many new species have been discovered, - the natural result of a greater attention to the subject; and much has been done to advance our knowledge of the structure and fructification of these plants. From both circumstances have resulted many improvements in classification; and if we admit that much still remains to be done before our classification can be considered perfect, we may also congratulate the numerous company of British Algologists on the progress that has been made in illustrating their favourite branch of study, and on the flourishing condition to which it has arrived. In the present edition an improved distribution of the marine species, particularly of the Red sea-weeds (Rhodospermeae) has been, it is hoped, introduced. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
A chapter on Staphylinidae in a 1976 book on marine insects was the last general work on coastal rove beetles worldwide. Since then, phylogenetic studies on rove beetles have yielded a different perspective on that family, now with well over 50,000 species. Almost 400 species of them are now believed to be restricted to sea coasts. The detailed distribution and current classification of the coastal species are here documented in a review of the world literature accompanied by discussion and numerous color photographs of habitus and habitat.
